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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Rico Besserdich

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Octopus eye in "Bokeh" style :-) 60mm makro lens, ISO 200, F 2.8, 1/200 sc.
A boat engine that you can trust ;-) Engine of a fishing boat - If you see this on your just chartered dive-boat : better switch to a shore diving package ;-)
Happy new year to all of you !
Remainings of an italian bomber aircraft in 66 meters depht.
Don't worry....he is just doing fine and having fun ;-) From my recent yacht race shooting. 400mm tele-lens, "boosted" to 800mm with Sigma converter. With crop factor (1,6 ) = 1280mm in total . A "shaky mess"..to say so ;-)
Mine ????
Racing Sailboat. It's not only the boat's name....the crew is "extreme" as well ;-) Noone dared to sail yesterday with +3 meter waves and "Beaufort" wind level. 8,5. But they did....and so did I :-))
"Flabellina Afinis" Nudi :-)
Fishing Boats in the light of the sunset :-)
"Inside the wreck"
( Coastguard Patrol Boat No 119 in Kas/Turkey ).
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Final RoundThrough to 2011 awards final round judging
"Foot Fetish" ;-)
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"Harmony"
I've just liked the colour and the lines :-)
Airplane wreck in natural light ( no strobe ). Canon 40D, Sigma 10-20mm with "magic filters" attached.
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...can someone please tell the Divemaster, that he forgot his socks on the boat ???"
"Sea of gold"
While sunset light turns the water surface into a pleasing "sea of gold", a fisherman is heading home with his small boat.
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".....sitting under the christmas tree, waiting for Santa ;-) ....."
Yacht race rehearsal ( and me behind them, following in a small RIB ).
Sunset at the bay of Izmir with some fishermen heading home with their boats. 10 minutes to walk from my home...that's my everday's "relax walk" :-)
"The city is hungry"
Close to sunset; while the 4,5 million people city of Izmir ( in Turkey ) prepares for dinner, those 2 fishermen in their small boat are still not done with their hard job. Urban comfort v/s struggle of life.....
"A frame full of life" :-)
"A female freediver bends around the sun"
This is a overhauled version of one of my most favourite uw photos. Hope you like it :-)
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"ready to broadcast" ;-)
"Jump & Run" . From a poolshooting ( as training & preparation for a uw fashion shooting job ) this summer.
"Lightning Squids V-3"
3 juvenile squids ( one of them is feeding ) just a few centimeter below water surface. On the jetty, a man is watching me....wondering what's happening there ;-)
"Lightning Squids V-2" A man standing on the jetty watches me while I am busy with my shooint of the 4 juvenile squids that swam just a few centimeters below surface. Reflections came from my 2 strobes; their light got reflected by water surface.
"Nightdive over/under" :-)
"Triple Reflection"
What you see here are not 6 squids ;-) They are only 3 with their reflections on water surface ( see the middle squid which is feeding as a small proof ). In the background : A small RIB ( Zodiac ).
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